CRME: Designing tasks to integrate inquiry in mathematics and science: some insights and challenges from the Fibonacci Project

Professor Janet Ainley (University of Leicester)

Despite the casual way in which mathematics and science are linked in public rhetoric about education (e.g. STEM subjects), at school level there appear to be considerable barriers to integrating the teaching and learning of the two subjects. Within Fibonacci, a large scale European professional development project, the Leicester centre has focussed on integration through an inquiry-based approach which is built around 'big ideas'. In this session I will offer some examples of our attempts to design integrated task sequences, drawing on the Purpose and Utility framework.